7 JANUARY 1922, Page 34

The Oral Method of Teaching Languages. By Harold E. Palmer.

(Cambridge : Hefter. 5s. net.)—Mr. Palmer, who is the Lecturer on Spoken English at University College, has written a thoughtful and practical little book on the oral or oon.versational method of teaching languages, which may be heartily commended to schoolmasters and schoolmistresses. He expounds his principles clearly and then devotes the greater part of the book to illus- trative exercises. In the hands of an intelligent teacher the oral method unquestionably yields excellent results, though Mr. Palmer does not assert that it is a complete method.